Arts Feb 24 Auschwitz Museum upset over scene in Amazon series ‘Hunters’ The museum is objecting to a scene in a new Amazon TV series that shows a murderous game of human chess being played there, insisting that no such thing took place at the camp. By Monika Scislowska, Associated Press
World Jan 27 Watch 7:45 The lessons of Auschwitz, 75 years after its liberation Survivors of the Auschwitz-Birkenau death camps marked the 75th anniversary of their liberation Monday, gathering at the rail depot where Jews from across Europe disembarked cattle trucks to be murdered in Nazi gas chambers. Polish President Andrzej Duda urged Holocaust… By Malcolm Brabant
Politics Jun 25 The Ocasio-Cortez and Cheney dispute over ‘concentration camps,’ explained Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez recently called the migrant detention facilities on the U.S.-Mexico border "concentration camps." Rep. Liz Cheney, the No. 3 House Republican, has called on her to apologize for the remarks. By Gretchen Frazee
World Mar 14 Watch 8:24 To douse growing anti-Semitism, Germans call for Holocaust education for recent migrants With more than a million newcomers to Germany since 2015, there's been a resulting rise in anti-Semitism. Now there are growing calls to mandate that refugees and Muslim migrants visit concentration camps to help improve their understanding of the country's… By Malcolm Brabant
Feb 19 Pence visits former Nazi concentration camp By Ken Thomas, Associated Press U.S. Vice President Mike Pence paid a somber visit to the site of the Dachau concentration camp on Sunday. Continue reading
Sep 20 Watch 9:05 How a Massachusetts couple saved thousands from Nazi death camps By PBS News Hour It started with a school project: Interview someone with moral courage. For Artemis Joukowsky, it became an enduring project to explore the life of his grandparents, Waitstill and Martha Sharp, who helped more than 2,000 people avoid deportation to Nazi… Continue watching
Feb 12 Watch 7:06 Restoring hope by repairing violins of the Holocaust By PBS News Hour At a music shop in Israel, a violinmaker has been collecting stringed instruments once owned by inmates of Nazi concentration camps. Largely silent for seven decades, they now speak for horrors of the Holocaust as part of a project called… Continue watching
Feb 11 Trial begins for former Nazi guard who worked at Auschwitz By Ross Sylvestri Today a trial began in Germany for a 94-year-old man who worked as a guard at Auschwitz during World War II. Continue reading
Nov 25 Poet Rita Dove on what we learned from Nazi liberation, 70 years later By artsdesk "Liberation," a poetry collection released last month, highlights why the ideas of oppression and liberation are still urgently important today. Continue reading